Rest Homes & LTCF Resources

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Facility Audit Checklist

• Facility Audit Update Checklist

Blood / Body Fluid Exposure

• BBFE Report Form 

The Basics Infection Prevention & Control LTFC

• Infection Prevention and Control Best Practices
• Signs and Symptoms of Infectious Illness
• Transmission Based Precautions
• Microbial Sharing / Hand Hygiene
• Hand Hygiene Poster
• LTCF Microbe Issues

UTIs in LTCF

• UTI in LTCF
• Time to Stop the Tail from Wagging the Dog

MDROs – MRSA, ESBL, VRE, CRE

• MRSA Overview
• Understanding Population Based MDROs
• Search and Destroy Strategy
• Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
• ESBL Information Sheet 
• Key Factors Promoting MDRO Spread
• MDRO Timelines Health Outcome Associations and Management

Norovirus D&V Gastroenteritis in LTCF

• Norovirus Summary
• Sapovirus Information Sheet
• Norovirus Stop Sign

Influenza in LTCF

• Influenza Vaccination Information
• Influenza Stop Sign
• Influenza Outbreak Management
• New Cough in Last Ten Days Poster

Outbreak Summary Process

• Outbreak Summary Process

Scabies and Headlice

• Scabies or Arachnitis
• Headlice Management

Surveillance in LTCF

• Infection Surveillance Guide
• Infection Control Surveillance
• Surveillance in LTCF
• McGreer Surveillance Criteria
• Benchmarking

Wounds

• Wounds

Causes of Foodborne Illness

• Causes of Foodborne Illness

Medical Waste

• Medical Waste